To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

My god, is ABS still not standard on Japanese cars??? I was stunned that I had to get the EX-model Civic in 02 in order to get ABS, and hoped they'd have improved that in recent years. I won't drive a car without it (and you get an insurance discount for having it, which certainly says something!). Of the three accidents I've had, two were because of slippery surfaces and not having ABS. I have more than enough evidence of the fact that, in a panic situation, I simply will not remember to pump the brakes, ergo I have ABS. I don't know why the Japanese haven't cottoned onto that one.